Step 4: Create an Asset

An asset resource is how MediaPackage ingests, packages, and serves VOD content. The
asset is associated with one or more packaging configurations. Downstream devices
send playback requests to specific packaging configurations on the asset.

AWS Elemental MediaPackage does not require that you supply any customer data. There
are no fields in
assets where there is an expectation that you will provide customer data.

To create an asset and ingest source content

From your Amazon S3 buckets, determine what file you're using as source content. Make
note of the
following:

The name of the Amazon S3 bucket where the file is stored

The full path for the file, such as S3://bucket/path/source-file-name

The IAM role that allows AWS Elemental MediaPackage to read from
Amazon S3

On the AWS Elemental MediaPackage console, go to the Assets
page, and then choose Ingest asset.

For S3 bucket name, select the bucket where your source
content is stored.

For IAM role, choose Use existing role and select the IAM role that allows AWS Elemental MediaPackage to read from Amazon
S3.

For Filename, enter the path within the Amazon S3 bucket and name for the source content.